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George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes, West Bank. Tomb TT 100

Relief scene from the passage area of the tomb of Rekhmire (TT100) at the west bank of Thebes, of the tomb-owner and his wife seated before a table with offerings:

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'Plate 1' (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Plate 1' (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom left corner] 'Tomb at Thebes contd'. (ink note)
  • 43.3 by 32.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes, West Bank. Tomb TT 343

Relief scene from the inner room of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Benia Pahekmen (TT343) at the west bank of Thebes of four registers of a funerary procession, including rows of offering-bearers and large barques, before a large figure of a Western goddess. The upper register shows the deceased being transported to the tomb.

  • watercolour
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] '88'. (ink note)
  • 27.9 by 21.2 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank. Medînet Habu

Relief scene from the exterior wall (outer face) from the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. On the right, the king is shown in his chariot hunting lions. Beneath him are rows of smaller soldier figures. On the left is another scene of the king on foot aiming an arrow, surrounded by other archers as well as soldiers and a fan-bearer:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top left corner] 'part 1' (ink note)
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'not finished'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount] 'North side of Medinet Abou'. (ink note)
  • 43.5 by 24.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Girgeh

View from Girgeh including a building on the left side with a seated figure looking out to the water, and two small boats on the Nile:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'view from Girgeh mountains of do & an Arab cottage inside'. (pencil note)
  • 27.2 by 13.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Girgeh

View from Girgeh of the bazaar with several figures seated on either side of the pathway:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Bazaar in Girgeh [...] the streets'. (pencil note)
  • [on mount, bottom left corner] 'Bazaar Girgeh'. (ink note)
  • 27.2 by 13.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Watercolour and Drawing - Gebel Barkal

Plan of the pyramids and wider northern group pyramid-field at Gebel Barkal:

  • watercolour and pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top edge] '9 V p 253 - Pyramids of Napata'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom right corner] 'montagna B 6586. 02 8756 The letters must be inserted & [...] also the letters [...]'. (pencil notes)
  • 41.5 by 27.0 cm

George A. Hoskins Print - Stela of Niankh-tet

Egyptian stela of Niankh-tet from the necropolis at Saqqara, probably of late 3rd / early 4th Dynasty:

  • print
  • mounted
  • [on recto, top edge] 'G. W. Hoskins Esqu [in pencil] B Cranwell. Sc'. (pencil note)
  • [on recto, bottom edge] 'Ancient Egyptian monument, with figures, Inscriptions, &c, part of which are beautifully cut in relief and part in Intaglio. It is supposed to be historical. The subtance is marble - a circumstance of very rare occurrence for a monument of this kind. Another is perhaps not in the Kingdom. Size, length 2ft, 5in, breadth 1ft. 11, thickness 10 inches. It forms part of the extensive and choice Egyptian collections in the possession of J. Sams. 1837.' (ink note)
  • 41.3 by 26.6 cm

George A. Hoskins Drawing - Thebes. West Bank

View of the landscape of the west bank at Thebes during the Nile inundation, towards the right side in the distance are the two colossi of Memnon partially submerged in the water:

  • pencil drawing
  • mounted
  • [on recto, bottom left corner] 'Nº2'. (ink note)
  • [on mount, bottom edge] 'Nº2 Medinet Abou View of the western mountain & south end of the plain of Thebes - taken during the time of the inundation of the Nile'. (ink note)
  • 31.6 by 23.2 cm
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